Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Statement I:In Ancient India only an informal system of education was in existence.

Statement II:In Ancient India the indigenous education was imparted at home, in temples, pathshalas and gurukuls.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Explanation

Ancient India possessed organised centres of learning, so education there was not merely informal.

Statement 1 is wrong in claiming only an informal system existed, since formal seats like gurukuls and monastic universities flourished.

Statement 2 is correct that indigenous education was imparted at home, in temples, pathshalas and gurukuls.

Great residential universities such as Nalanda and Takshashila drew scholars from many lands.

Learning ranged from oral Vedic recitation to structured advanced study.

Nalanda functioned as a renowned centre from around the fifth century.

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